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Pioneer BDR-S13U-S
Posted: Mon May 05, 2025 4:27 am
by Aficer
Just bought this drive on Facebook Marketplace. Firmware is 1.04. Is there a flasher or way to downgrade that anyone can assist with? Is MakeMKV support for firmware 1.04 close?
Re: Pioneer BDR-S13U-S
Posted: Tue May 06, 2025 12:12 am
by MartyMcNuts
Aficer wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 4:27 am
Just bought this drive on Facebook Marketplace. Firmware is 1.04. Is there a flasher or way to downgrade that anyone can assist with? Is MakeMKV support for firmware 1.04 close?
No and no. Mike has been working on support for 2+ years now with no updates. Not looking good. Even more unlikely now that Pioneer are no longer manufacturing optical drives.
It will work fine for DVD/BD though. Just not UHD compatible.
Re: Pioneer BDR-S13U-S
Posted: Tue May 06, 2025 11:35 pm
by MrPenguin
MartyMcNuts wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 12:12 am
Aficer wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 4:27 am
Is MakeMKV support for firmware 1.04 close?
No and no. Mike has been working on support for 2+ years now with no updates.
You say that,
but... 
Re: Pioneer BDR-S13U-S
Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 12:07 am
by MartyMcNuts
MrPenguin wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 11:35 pm
MartyMcNuts wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 12:12 am
Aficer wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 4:27 am
Is MakeMKV support for firmware 1.04 close?
No and no. Mike has been working on support for 2+ years now with no updates.
You say that,
but...
Yeah... Funny that! Make a statement after 2+ years of next to nothing then Mike makes this announcement! lol.
Something to look forward too! Shame Pioneer drives are almost extinct now...
Re: Pioneer BDR-S13U-S
Posted: Wed May 07, 2025 12:11 am
by MrPenguin
MartyMcNuts wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 12:07 am
Something to look forward too! Shame Pioneer drives are almost extinct now...
I'm still seeing a few such drives for sale on Amazon...
However, I already have two ">= 2022-12" drives which may now dream of reading UHD disks
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